Energizing Our Environment: Renewable Energy and Fossil Fuels

Get energized in a green way with this playlist, which will help you master the different kinds of energy and how they affect our environment. First, review the types of energy found in our world, and whether they can last forever in the Classifying Energy Sources activity. Next, use the simple virtual model of Tsunami Wave Propagation to see how the different types of energy—and the transfers of that energy—can literally have an earth-shaking effect! For a greater challenge and more in-depth look at types of energy, how energy is transferred, and which types of energy are good for our environment, try powering a tractor, robot or small city with Transform It! Once you think you are ready to hit the big leagues, try managing the power needs of an entire big Energy City, balancing all the same issues that scientists and policy makers face every day.